By Thorrun Govind

In the early noughties, as Google rose to challenge Microsoft and Netscape’s dominance, statisticians noted and joked about a remarkable correlation: the market share of Internet Explorer, and its subsequent decline, almost perfectly matched the fall in homicides across the continental United States.

While switching your browser can certainly improve your online experience, nobody seriously believes these phenomena are linked. As the adage goes, correlation does not equal causation. Nor does anecdote equate to fact.

Our scientific method, developed over centuries, rests on a simple premise: if a set of repeatable steps consistently produces the same result when conducted by multiple independent groups, that is a fact. Drop a pen........

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